A new student debt plan, known as 'Pay As You Earn', could make monthly payments smaller and some debts disappear altogether.

Stanford and MIT have gotten a lot of attention for offering free online courses to thousands of students at a time. But this week, a group of big name universities announced a new and smaller-scale take on online education.

A conversation about education was woven among various topics at last night's presidential debate. In particular, Governor Romney and President Obama touched on the issue of college affordability.

This weekend Howard University and Morehouse College face off in the Nation's Football Classic. The annual game honors historically black colleges and universities at a time when some are struggling to stay afloat.

More college students are living large with gourmet cafeterias and state-of-the-art gyms — but that's not what's driving up college costs.